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President Klaus Iohannis signed on Wednesday the decree decorating Musi-Mihail Cernea, Evron Jehuda and Moshe Yassur, survivors of the Iasi anti-Jewish Pogrom (June 28 - 30, 1941).

Prime Minister Florin Citu congratulates his National Liberal Party (PNL) colleagues who won the partial local elections, adding that quality human resources, financial resources and vision are key to development in the "next eight years of Liberal government".

The COVID Digital Green Certificate will be operational from July 1, Prime Minister Florin Citu said. "It will be operational and it will be exactly like in other countries, people will travel with the green certificate, exactly under the conditions that are written there.

The National Institute of Public Health (INSP) reported on Thursday that the first death in a COVID-19 patient infected with the Indian Delta strain of the novel coronavirus was registered in Romania. According to data published by the INSP, as of June 20, 44 cases of infections with the Indian Delta variant, considered more contagious and virulent, have been confirmed.

Romanian athlete Rares Andrei Toader broke the national record in weight throw on Sunday, at the international competition in Brno (Czech Republic), with a 21.29m toss that also earned him the qualification for the Tokyo Olympic Games. Toader had managed to equal the national record at the beginning of the month (21.06 m), at the National Championship in Cluj-Napoca.

Romania is officially a member of the International Energy Forum (IEF), the confirmation having been received Monday, the Energy minister Virgil Popescu wrote on Monday on his Facebook page. "Romania is officially member of the International Energy Forum (IEF)!

A number of 3,919 people with COVID-19 are hospitalized in specialized health units, of whom 636 in intensive care, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) announced on Friday. Overall, 11,485 people confirmed with SARS-CoV-2 infection are in isolation at home and 4,662 are in institutionalized isolation in Romania, GCS said.

President Klaus Iohannis cautioned on Thursday that June 1 is not the date when restrictions will be completely lifted, but said that he is optimistic that this goal will be achieved this summer. "Please do not overestimate the June 1 milestone, it is the date when the government will present the assessments for a tentative lift of restrictions.

Romanian athlete Marco Sovar won the gold medal in the men's sword event on Sunday at the Junior Fencing World Championships in Cairo, after defeating in the finals the South Korean Junseong Park, 15-13. The fencer legitimized at CS Dinamo was led 11-7, but managed to snap back and win, according to the website of the Romanian Fencing Federation.

The Chamber of Deputies' Speaker, Liberal Ludovic Orban, said on Wednesday that he respects the rights of every citizen to have any orientation they want, but recalled that he is a supporter of the traditional family. "I respect the rights of every citizen, including the right to have any orientation they want.